Fish-line reel



(N0 Model.

G. F. GILLET.

?ISHLINB REE ?atented Seni. 1883.

li C) 3 It'consists,

Umi-ED Sri-iras Parent* tries,

CHARLES F. ammar, or srarnerrnm, ILLINOIS.

FlSH LlNE REEL.

SBECIPICATION farming part of Letters ?extent No. 389,070, dated September e:. 188 8. Application filed March 9, 188 7. Serial X0. 230.261. (Xdmbdel.)

To all whom it, may con-cerna' Beit known -thatL CHARLES F. GILLET, of Springfield, in the connty'of Sangamon, and ll] the State of 'Illinois, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Fish-Line ifieels; and I do hereby declare that the follow 'in is a-full,clear,and exact description thereof, re erence being had to the accompanying drawi n s,i n Whichignre 1 is a. perspective View of my reel iu position upon afishing-rod. Fig. 2 is alike Wew of said reel, enlarged, when separated fromth'e rod. ',Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the parts of the reel separated from each other. Fig.. 4 is a central section of "said reel upon a line of its axis of rotation, and' Fig. si aperspective View of the frameof the epparatns se ara ten nam' the operative parts.

Letters of like name'andkind refer to like parts in eachof the figures,

:My invention relates to fish-line reel in which, "when it is .desired to take np the slac'l; 'of .the line, the spool is caused to revolvehy means of' a cord that passes around. a pulley upon said spool and is drawn rearward by the operator; and to this end it consists, principally, in. the"means employed for connecting the operating-pulley with 'the linespool, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified. V It consists', further, in the means employed for returning the operating-puiley to its nor: mal position when moved therefrom, substantially'asand for' the purpose hereinafter shown.

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`and for the purpose hereinafter set .-.naled within a frame that is composer? of two round heads, C and C, which have a larger di- 5 ameter than said spool and are secured together and held of three pillars, extend between their D and D, and a har, E, which edges and have their ends secured therein or thereto,said pillars'and bar being arranged at equidistant points. To the enter side of said bar E,which is located at cause its teeth a in the construction and. combination. of .the parts of the reel, substaniii relative positions by means the upper side of said frame, is attached transversely a second bar, F, which has its upper side curved toadapt .it to fit' upon the V lower side of a fish-pele, G, where it is secured in any. usual way and operates to hold the reel in' position upon said poie. The ends of the spool A are recessed, and at the inner end of one of such recessesa is an annnlar toothed ring, a',which is formed upon or attached to said spool. Secured'upon theshaft Bbetween said toothed ring and the adj acent head C isa cylindrieal collar, H, which has a diameter somewhat less than that of the-inside of said ring, and has loosely journaled upon its periphery a sleeve, I, which is provided' at its inner end with a number of teeth, i, 'that are adapted to engage with the teeth of the latter; V The sleeveI has cut within its `groove,'z",which eXtends in a spiral form inperiphery a ward from near its outer end and. engages with a stud, h, that projects'radiall y into the same from the collar H, the arrangement being such oppositely rotated in one direction the former will be moved longitudinally inward, so as to ito engage with the toothed ring a', while, when. said parts are oppositely rotated in an opposite direction, said sleeve will be moved longitudinally ontward,so as to release its teeth from engagement with said ring.

Upon one of the projecting ends of the shaft B, preferably the left-hand end, is secured a pulley, K, which is connected with the contiguous head 'C by means of aspiral spring, la, that has one of its ends secured to said pulley or to said shaftand its opposite end to said head, the arrangement being such as to permit said pulley and its shaft to be rotated the left hand of the operator when using the that when said sleeve and collar are rod, is provided atits rear end with a ring,

Z, or othersnilable means for engagement by one of the fingers of said hand.

The.relativearrangement of theparts of my" device is such that when the shaft C is rotated by a sharp'rearward pull of the actnatingcord L the first effect will be that the collar H will be moved within the sleeve I in the direction necessary to force the latter longitudinally into engagement with the toothed: ring a .of the spool A, after which said sleeve and'spool `will I be rotated in the same direction as said shaft, and the momentnmof said spool will cause it to revolve many times after said other, parts have ceased to move forward and have turned rearward to their normal positions.

It will be obvious that the engagement between the inner end of the slotted bandjand the contiguous portion of the linespool may be effected by other means than that shown-- asby'the substitution of any of the usual'forms of friction-surfaces or clutchfaces in place of the toothed faces used-'without departnre fr m the spirit of this part of my invention, the essential feature of which is the slotted sleeve that is caused to move longitudinally inward into engagement by its inertia when the operating-shal't is quickly revolved for ward and is automatically moved out of engagement by its momentum when the forward movement of said shatt ceases.

By means of the construction shown the slack of aline may be quickly and easily drawn in, for which purpose it is only necessary that the operator give a sharp pull with his finger upon the' operating-cord, while when not thus manipulated the mechanism offers no obstacle to the free rotation of the ,line-spool in the direction necessary for the running ont'ofthe line.

When there is a strain upon the line and it is desired to prevent said line from running out any .farther, the spool may be locked in place by pulling the operating-cord sha-rply to the rear and then holding it in such position while it is desired to lock said spool.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- V A 1. As an improvement in fishing-tackle, ,a fish-1ine reel in which is 'combined an operating-Shama spool that is loosely :journaled upon the same,a clutch-sleeve which is placed upon one end of said sha ft, is capable of independent circumferential and longitudinal movementthereon,and isprovided withaspiral groove or slot that engages with apin or stud upon said shaft, whereby a sudden rotation of the latter will cause said sleeve tobe moved' against th'e contiguous .end of said spool, sulistantially' as and for the purpose specified;

2. .As an improvement infishing-tackle, a

fish-line reel' in which-is :combined au operating-shaft, means for rotating the shaftima' forward direction and forthefn returning-.the same to its normalposition, a spoolgthatis' loosely'journaled up'on the body of said shaft,"

a sleeve which is placed upon pneend of 'the same and is adapted to have a combined circumferential and longitudinal movement .with relation thereto, .and means, substantially as described, wherebya sudden rotation of said shaft will`cause said sleeve to' be movedagainst and to engage with the contiguous end of'said spool, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

3. As an improvement in fish-.line reels, an

organization in which is combined a shaft that.

is journaled within a suitable'frame, aline spool which is journaled npon'the shaft; a sleeve thatis jonrnaled upon the latter at one end of the spool,is provided with oneior more spiral slots which are each engaged by a pin that extends radiallyfrorn said' shaft into the p .same, and' is adapted' when 'moved longi tndinally inward to engage-with said spool,"`

and means whereby. said shaft may be rotated in one direction' and when released will'be'revolved in an opposite 'direction to its normal position, substantially as and. forthe purpose set forth. j r 4. In combination with the 'fish-pele and with the operating-shaft,`whichis supported thereby and is provided with a spiral spring for holding 'it in' and returning it to its normal circumferential position, a pnlley that is:

secured upon one end of said shaft`,jand 'a cord which ,is passed one or more timesaroundthe 

